1787 Shays's Rebellion : group of MA farmers who opposed paying the large war debts tried to sieze weapons from the Springfiels arsenal but failed -- influenced the development of the Constitution
1794 Whiskey Rebellion : PA farmers who opposed the whiskey excise tax terrorized tax collectors, but were stopped by fed. gov. militiamen
1842 Dorr Rebellion : RI group called the "People's Party" made up their own gov. that quickly failed
1831 Turner Rebellion : group of blacks led by Nat Turner killed 60 whites in the bloodiest slave revolt
1846 Bear-Flag Revolution : conquest of CA by American settlers
Pottawatomie Massacre : group of abolitionists led by John Brown murdered 5 pro-slavery settlers in KS
beating of Charles Sumner :
1859 John Brown's Raid : failed slave rebellion
1861-1865 Civil War : Union north v. Confederate south -- Union won, & Confederate lands were destroyed since most of battles were fought there, especially along the MI River b/c Union was able to use it as a major transportation route
Panic of 1873 : 4-yr depression due to failure of bank investment
1892 Homestead Stike :PA steel workers launched a strike against wage cuts where they had a short victory up until 8000 troops were sent to end it
1894 Pullman Strike : Chicago car company workers launched a strike against wage cuts w/ Eugene V. Debs as their leader who ended up paralyzing transportation by getting railroads to strike with them -> ended when pres. Cleveland sent troops to end strike & arrested Debs
1894 "Coxey's Army" :petition for cheap $ + debt-relief programs, but arrested by officials
Hetch Hetchy Controversy
Ludlow Massacre -
1919 Boston Police Strike
Red Scare : great communist fears led to paranoia, causing McCarthyism to take over + hunt for communists/socialists
Great Depression : caused by overproduction, debts, inequality, bad banking practices, & especially the stock market crash of 1929 -> led to years of Great Depression where many were poor up until New Deal
Bonus March :WWI veterans marched to DC to demand early bonuses, but were stopped by troops
Watts Riot
Stonewall Riot
Kent State :antiwar protesters caught on fire @ Kent State
Watergate Scandal : Nixon
Sagebrush Rebellion
International:
1776-1781 Revolutionary War : American colonists v. England -- colonists won after the Treaty of Paris was signed & they were able to finally gain independence, creating the USA
1801-1805 Barbary Wars : US v. Ottoman Empire/Algiers w/ 1st war more of a fail than 2nd -> helped US gain identity
War of 1812 : US v. Britain, w/ US victory
1835-1836 Texas Independence :
1846-1848 Mexican-American War : US v. Mexico in a border war --> US won & got CA, NM, + TX border
1898 Spanish-American War : "Splendid Little War" that lasted 4 months where US gained much territory from Spain, including puerto rico + guam -> exposed power of yellow journalism
1898-1902 Philippine War : US v. Philippines (led by Emilio Aguinaldo) -> US gained control of Philippines, which was reliant on US economy
Boxer Rebellion : China's nationalistic Boxer Army
1914-1919 WWI : Allies v. Axis powers -> Allies won & Wilson introduced his 14 Points (which included the establishment of a League of Nations)
1939-1945 WWII : Allies (US, USSR, Britain) v. Axis (Germany, Italy, Japan) powers -> Allies won after defeating Hitler on D-Day in Europe & after launching 2 atomic bombs in Japan
Cold War : capitalist democracy US v. communist dictatorship USSR -> no real winner ; included race to space, Cuban missile crisis, and more
1950 Korean War :
1960s Vietnam War : procommunist Viet Cong v. South Vietnam (w/ help of US) -> ended up in stalemate, esp. after China + USSR helped out
